Rural Health Transformation Program: Children’s Mental Health Initiative

Intent to Apply Deadline: N/A
Application Deadline: Friday, June 15, 2026, 4:30 P.M. CT
Eligible Applicants: 

• Applicants must be:

  1. Located in Minnesota

  2. Located outside of the seven-county metropolitan area and serve rural communities. The seven-county metropolitan area includes Hennepin, Ramsey, Dakota, Anoka, Washington, Carver, and Scott counties. 

• Applicants may include:

  1. Established Child and Adolescent Mental Health Collaboratives (including Integrated Children’s Mental Health and Family Services Collaboratives)

  2. Counties or consortia of counties/county health boards

     1. Current consortia/regions serving Minnesota’s Adult Mental Health Initiatives are strongly encouraged to apply in the same configuration

  3. Tribal Nations

The Rural Health Transformation Program Activities are supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $193,090,618.14 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.